Lesson 5

Question 1

20% of Population, 80% wealth

Answer 1

North

Question 2

80% of population, 20% of wealth

Answer 2

South

Question 3

• Third world
• Africa, Latin America, and Asia including Middle East
• Poor and less developed
• 5% of the population has enough food and water
• Serves as a raw material from the north
• ZONE OF TURMOIL

Answer 3

Global South

Question 4

• First world
• Home of all members of the G8 or Group of Eight – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
  United Kingdom, Russia and United Sates of America
• Home of the four powerful permanent members of UN Security Council
• Developed countries in Asia, Australia and New Zealand
• Richer and developed regions
• 95% of the population has enough food and water

Answer 4

Global North

Question 5

Term used to describe the economic gap between the rich northern countries of the world and
the south poorer countries of the world.

Answer 5

North-South Gap

Question 6

Issues of North-South Divide: North-South Divide Issues

Answer 6

• Distribution of income around the world
• Economic competition worldwide
• Standard of living

Question 7

Factors lead to low of standard of living

Answer 7

1. Lack of trade and aid
2. Single crop farming
3. Abundance of debt
4. NeoColonialism

Question 8

Reasons for development gap:

Answer 8

• ENVIRONMENTAL natural features
  e.g. soil
• HISTORICAL things which have happen in years before
  e.g war
• SOCIO – ECONOMIC society, culture and money
  e.g religion

Question 9

• Less population
• High Wealth
• High Standard of living
• High Industrial development
• Industry

Answer 9

North

Question 9

• Large population
• Low Wealth
• Low Standard of living
• Low Industrial development
• Agriculture

Answer 9

South

Question 10

Classifying Countries:

Answer 10

Most Developed Countries (MDCs)
Less Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LLDCs)

Question 11

Very low per capital income, low literacy rates, and very little in the way of
manufacturing industries.

Answer 11

Least Developed Countries (LLDCs)

Question 12

The richest of the industrialized and democratic nations of the world

Answer 12

Most Developed Countries (MDCs)

Question 13

Countries with little industrial development, little wealth, and high population growth

Answer 13

Less Developed Countries (LDCs)

Question 13

This places
greater emphasis on closing the evident gap between rich (more economically developed)
countries and poor (less economically developed countries) countries.

Answer 13

Development gap

Question 14

3 main reasons why our world is so unequal today:

Answer 14

• Colonialism
• Trade
• Debt

Question 15

Five World Model

Answer 15

First World Order(high)
Second World Order(moderate)
Third World Order(on the way)
Fourth World Order(lower)
Fifth World Order(lowest)

Question 15

The process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated
through a global network of political ideas through communication, transportation, and trade.

Answer 15

Globalization

Question 15

Three world model

Answer 15

• Capitalist
• Communist
• Developing

Question 16

Why is the gap between the economic north and south widening?

Answer 16

• The richest 1% of the world’s population now receives as much income as the poorest 57%.
• Lack of trade.
• Lack of aid.
• Abundance of debt
• Failure of international organisations (e.g. IMF, World Bank, WTO).
• Neo-colonialism.
• Adverse climatic conditions.
• The difficulty of transforming the established.

Question 17

The United Nations has developed a program dedicated to narrowing the divide through its

Answer 17

Millennium Development Goals